Mammalian meat allergy (MMA) is one of the few known food allergies caused by an environmental trigger—a tick bite. In simple terms, MMA results in an allergic reaction to red meat, making it ...

The study raises concerns that two of the state's biggest ecological villains - a tick causing red-meat allergy and an ...

Veterinary researchers have confirmed a previously unknown tick-borne infection in dogs, and the discovery is sharpening ...

Tick-borne viruses are becoming an increasingly common problem because of rising temperatures and changing climates that are creating ideal environments for the arachnids to thrive, and scientists ...

New species of ticks are arriving from overseas, and they may be bringing diseases that are unfamiliar to American doctors, according to Goudarz Molaei, chief scientist at the Connecticut Agricultural ...

Southwest Virginia is a hotspot for tick-borne disease— with some of the highest per-person rates of Lyme disease in the ...

In the U.S., warm weather not only signals the coming of seasonal spring allergies but also an increased risk of tick bites. Tick bites can be harmless. But sometimes, these eight-legged ...

It turns out that eating ivermectin is good for something after all. If you’re a deer, that is. And if the goal is to kill the ticks that are biting you—ticks that carry diseases that threaten humans.

Act quickly, but remove the tick carefully so you don't crush the bug, which may be full of infected blood. Here’s how to remove a tick that’s attached to your skin, according to the CDC guidelines: ...

Dermacentor andersoni is found in the Rocky Mountain states and in southwestern Canada. The life cycle of this tick may require up to 2 to 3 years for completion. Adult wood ticks feed primarily on ...

Beret Leone is a native Minnesotan who joined the WCCO team as a reporter in September 2022 - and she's thrilled be back home in the Twin Cities! Beret grew up in Chaska and graduated from Bethel ...

Bit of a missed opportunity to not mention that there was a Lyme disease vaccine for humans in the late ‘90s before bad press generated by anti-vaccine advocates crowing about (proven nonexistent) ...